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Definition :

Bad faith, is the opposite of good faith, generally implying or involving, but not limited so, actual or constructive fraud, or a design to mislead or deceive another, or any other sinister motive. Conceptually bad faith can be understood as a 'dishonest intention', Harrison v. Telon Valley Trading Co. Ltd., (2004) 1 WLR 2577.

Bad faith, is more appropriate to a consideration of commercial dealings and should not routinely be introduced into a criminal trial because it might confuse to jury and deflect them from their task of deciding whether the public office had been abused by the conduct of office holder, although there might be cases in which the concept of bad faith might be relevant to an assessment of the standard of the defendant's conduct, Attorney-General's Ref. No. 3 of 2003, (2005) LR 73 (QB): (2004) EWCA Crim 868.